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In reply to the discussion: Windows 8 [View all]MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)43. Other: It is the first two simultaneously
Something only MS could pull off.
Trying to smush a PC and mobile interface together was brain dead.
They did make the system faster and utilize memory and resources.
I do want to say double triple and quadruple FU for taking away my F8 key on boot up, making me dig through multiple screens to be able to boot with options, and then have to repeat for every option... SINCE YOU GOD DAMN KNUCKLE HEADS DECIDED TO ONLY ALLOW ONE OPTION CHOICE AT A TIME AND HAVE THE COMPUTER REBOOT THE FUCKING SECOND YOU SELECT IT
assholes.
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+1......they should have at least given you the option to run in "Windows 7" mode that.....
yourout
Jan 2013
#5
speaking of DOS, I still use lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet the way I learned it, DOS commands
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#76
Quite fond of it. Just need to learn the basics to see all the good things it's capable of doing.
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#17
I find Windows 8 brutally non-intuitive. A person that has work to do and don't
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#22
I agree but for me, it's rather fun learning all the differences. It's also like...
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#32
Navigating from one application to another is difficult in Windows 8. I figured out
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#19
Classic Shell Makes Windows 8 The Best Microsoft Operating System To Date
cantbeserious
Jan 2013
#26
Other- i'd be fine with it except for its visually & functionally cluttered desktop.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#27
Very good to know. It'd be ideal if one could customize what those boxes look like. And put them on
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#92
Not user friendly, but maybe they will keep some idiots off the Internet. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#31